diff --git a/packages/grid_client/src/primitives/nodes.ts b/packages/grid_client/src/primitives/nodes.ts
index df21fdbe4e..34d7bc5ae3 100644
--- a/packages/grid_client/src/primitives/nodes.ts
+++ b/packages/grid_client/src/primitives/nodes.ts
@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ class Nodes {
   async filterNodes(options: FilterOptions = {}, url = ""): Promise<NodeInfo[]> {
     let nodes: NodeInfo[] = [];
     url = url || this.proxyURL;
+    /* 
+    this is tmp solution to exclude node 11 on dev net only and should be removed when the issue is fixed; tracked in https://github.com/threefoldtech/tfgrid-sdk-ts/issues/3855
+    */
+    if (url.includes("dev")) options.nodeExclude = options.nodeExclude ? [...options.nodeExclude, 11] : [11];
     options.features = this.getFeaturesFromFilters(options);
     const query = this.getNodeUrlQuery(options);
     nodes = await send("get", urlJoin(url, `/nodes?${query}`), "", {});